appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Eye color: dark brown
family
Vinod Mehta’s family became refugees during the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1945.
Parents and siblings
Vinod has two brothers and a sister. There is not much information about his parents.
wife and children
Vinod Mehta is married to Sumita Paul, a journalist who has worked with Vanguard and Sunday Times of India.
Vinod Mehta’s wife Sumita Paul
He had a daughter from a previous relationship, something he acknowledged in his autobiography with the encouragement of his wife.
Relationships/Affairs
Vinod Mehta had a relationship with a Swiss woman who got pregnant but refused to have an abortion. However, in her ongoing efforts to find her only son, Mehta failed to meet her daughter.
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Profession
Journalism
Vinod Mehta began his career in 1974 as the editor of men’s magazine Debonair, after trying many other jobs, including as a factory worker in the UK. Mehta founded several popular periodicals in India, including The Sunday Observer in 1981, The India Post in 1987, The Independent in 1989, The Herald in 1990 and The Indian Post in 1995 of Outlook and later rose to prominence in India as an editor. He has served as Editor for the Outlook Group. Served as Chairman from 1995 to February 2012.
Vinod Mehta while working in the office
Later, Mehta wrote biographies of Meena Kumari and Sanjay Gandhi. In 2001, he published a series of articles on the theme of “Mr. Editor, how close are you to the Prime Minister? In 2011, Mehta wrote his autobiography and titled it “Lucknow Boy”. Vinod is a television panelist and has appeared on shows such as Times Now’s Newshour and CNN-IBN India at 9.
Vinod Mehta during the meeting
As a veteran journalist, he is often asked by news anchors to provide analysis on key issues and scenarios. He was subsequently seen as President of the Editors Guild of India and was briefly the author and speaker of “Letter from India” for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio.
publication
- Bombay: Private View 1971
- Meena Kumari 1972 (relaunched 2013)
- Mr. Editor, how close are you to the Prime Minister? Year 1999
- Lucknow Boys: A Memoir 2010
Vinod Mehta’s book ‘Memoirs of a Lucknow Boy’
- 2014 Editorial Unplugged
Vinod Mehta’s book “Editor Unplugged”
dispute
“Indian Express” reporter sued Vinod Mehta, seeking compensation of 1 billion rupees.
In 2012, Indian Express Group Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta filed a lawsuit against Vinod Mehta, Editorial Director of Outlook Publications Group, editor and journalist of Open magazine, demanding compensation of 1 billion rupees. According to Gupta’s lawyers, Mehta’s interview with Open reporter Hartosh Singh Bahl contained “defamatory and slanderous accusations.”
Awards
On February 9, 2015, Vinod Mehta was awarded the Yash Bhatti Award by the Uttar Pradesh government in recognition of his work in the field of journalism.
die
Vinod Mehta passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, at the age of 73 due to multiple organ failure on March 8, 2015.
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Source: HIS Education